Special Oral Workshop 1

1、Special Oral Workshop Overview,Week 1-2 Pronunciation Week 3-4 Job Interview Week 5-6 Classroom Englsih Week 7 Public Speaking Week 8 Debating,單元音共十二，四三五前中后。 雙元音也好背，合口集中八個整。 輔音共計二十八，一舌二半三鼻音， 六爆六破十摩擦，四十八個音標要記好。,Pronunciation I: Distinguish Similar Vowels,Group I: Video Show: /i:/ /i/,/i:/ Description

2、: Tongue tip is raised to a height slightly below and behind the close front position; The lips are spread; The tongue is tense, with the side rims making a firm contact with the upper teeth.,/i/ Description: The short vowel is pronounced with a part of the tongue nearer to centre than to front rais

3、ed just above the half-close position; The lips are loosely spread; The tongue is relaxed with the side rims making a light contact with the upper teeth.,Practice: /i:/:seat lead sheep heal keen feel peach leave /i/ :sit lid ship hill kin fill pitch live,Group II: Video Show: / e / /E/,/ e/ Descript

4、ion: The front of the tongue is lifted just between the half-open and half-close positions, with its rims slightly touching the upper molars; The lips are spread and slightly wider than /i/.,/E/ Description: The mouth is opened wider than /e/; The front of the tongue is raised just below the half-op

5、en position, with the side rims making a very slight contact with the back upper molars; The lips are neutrally open.,Practice: / e /:pet guest effect February kettle well fence friend /E/:fat fashion sack family happy tragedy pants saddle,Group III: Video Show: /u:/ /u/,/ u: / Description: The tong

6、ue position for /u/ is very high. Its higher than for /u/, but not so high as to cause the air stream to produce audible friction; The lips tend to be closely rounded.,/ u / Description: Its pronounced with a part of the tongue nearer to centre than to back raised just above the half-closed position

7、; The tongue is loosely held, no firm contact being made between the tongue and the upper molars. The lips are closely but laxly rounded.,Practice: /u:/: fool wound booth school June spoon chew lose /u/: pull put push woolen woman full sugar butcher,Group IV: Video Show: /a: / /)/,/a:/ Description:

8、This long vowel is articulated with a considerable separation of the jaws and the lips fully open; A part of the tongue between the centre and back is in the fully open position, without touch being made between the rims of the tongue and the upper molars.,/)/ Description: This short vowel is articulated with wide open jaws and slightly open lip-rounding; The back of the tongue is in the fully open position, no contact being made between the tongue and the upper molars.,Practice: /a:/: barn regard ha